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upon prep.在 ... 上；紧接着；逼近 (1) 我们所有的希望都寄托在这次冒险上了。(2) 水从缸里飞溅出来，落在地板上。(3) 戴维斯一被释放就立即回到了母亲身边。

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英 [ə'pɒn] 美 [ə'pɑːn] (1) All our hopes rested upon this venture.(2) The water splashed out of the tub upon the floor.(3) Upon his release, Davis went immediately to his mother. In addition to the uses shown below, upon is used in phrasal verbs such as ‘come upon’ and ‘look upon’, and after some other verbs such as ‘decide’ and ‘depend’.除下列用法外，upon 还可用于 come upon，look upon 等短语动词中，并可接在 decide，depend等动词之后。1[PREP 介词]在…上 If one thing is upon another, it is on it.   [FORMAL 正式]He set the tray upon the table...他把盘子放在桌子上。He bent forward and laid a kiss softly upon her forehead...他弯身向前，在她额头上轻轻一吻。I imagined the eyes of the others in the room upon me.我觉得屋里其他人似乎都在盯着我。2[PREP 介词]一…即…；一…就… You use upon when mentioning an event that is followed immediately by another event.   [PREP -ing/n]  [FORMAL 正式]The door on the left, upon entering the church, leads to the Crypt of St Issac...一进教堂左边的那扇门通往圣以撒墓。Upon conclusion of these studies, the patient was told that she had a severe problem.这些研究的结果出来后，病人被告知她的病情严重。3[PREP 介词]（用于名词叠用，表示数量多） You use upon between two occurrences of the same noun in order to say that there are large numbers of the thing mentioned.   [n PREP n]Row upon row of women surged forwards...一排排的女人涌上前去。I looked across the mountains, ridge upon ridge.我放眼绵延起伏的群山。4[PREP 介词]将要发生；马上来临 If an event is upon you, it is just about to happen.   [PREP pron]The long-threatened storm was upon us...酝酿多时的暴风雨就要向我们袭来。The wedding season is upon us...结婚旺季就要来了。They had to conserve the candles now with winter upon them.冬天眼看就要到了，他们不得不把蜡烛省着用。

英语单词	upon
英美音标	英 [ə'pɒn] 美 [ə'pɑːn]
中文释义	prep.在 ... 上；紧接着；逼近
英语例句	(1) All our hopes rested upon this venture. (2) The water splashed out of the tub upon the floor. (3) Upon his release, Davis went immediately to his mother.
中文例句	(1) 我们所有的希望都寄托在这次冒险上了。 (2) 水从缸里飞溅出来，落在地板上。 (3) 戴维斯一被释放就立即回到了母亲身边。
柯林斯解释	In addition to the uses shown below, upon is used in phrasal verbs such as ‘come upon’ and ‘look upon’, and after some other verbs such as ‘decide’ and ‘depend’. 除下列用法外，upon 还可用于 come upon，look upon 等短语动词中，并可接在 decide，depend等动词之后。 1 [PREP 介词]在…上 If one thing is upon another, it is on it. [FORMAL 正式] He set the tray upon the table... 他把盘子放在桌子上。 He bent forward and laid a kiss softly upon her forehead... 他弯身向前，在她额头上轻轻一吻。 I imagined the eyes of the others in the room upon me. 我觉得屋里其他人似乎都在盯着我。 2 [PREP 介词]一…即…；一…就… You use upon when mentioning an event that is followed immediately by another event. [PREP -ing/n] [FORMAL 正式] The door on the left, upon entering the church, leads to the Crypt of St Issac... 一进教堂左边的那扇门通往圣以撒墓。 Upon conclusion of these studies, the patient was told that she had a severe problem. 这些研究的结果出来后，病人被告知她的病情严重。 3 [PREP 介词]（用于名词叠用，表示数量多） You use upon between two occurrences of the same noun in order to say that there are large numbers of the thing mentioned. [n PREP n] Row upon row of women surged forwards... 一排排的女人涌上前去。 I looked across the mountains, ridge upon ridge. 我放眼绵延起伏的群山。 4 [PREP 介词]将要发生；马上来临 If an event is upon you, it is just about to happen. [PREP pron] The long-threatened storm was upon us... 酝酿多时的暴风雨就要向我们袭来。 The wedding season is upon us... 结婚旺季就要来了。 They had to conserve the candles now with winter upon them. 冬天眼看就要到了，他们不得不把蜡烛省着用。

Prep 介词 Immediately Verbs Thing [Formal 正式 I